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Antioch names new acting city manager

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:57 GMT

Kwame Reed, Antioch’s economic development director, was named acting city manager at a special meeting of the City Council on Friday morning.Assistant City Attorney Rachel Hundley announced the move following a closed-door session where the five council members gathered to select a replacement from among the city’s directors who had expressed interest.The current acting city manager, Forrest Ebbs, announced last week he was leaving as of July 14 to take one of two deputy city manager positions in Modesto, though his last day will be July 10 due to previously scheduled vacations. Ebbs is leaving on a two-week vacation Monday and said he wanted to make sure a new acting city manager was in place before he left.Ebbs also was the city’s community development director but had taken on the role of acting city manager three months ago when then-City Manger Cornelius Johnson was placed on leave.Reed, who graduated from Cal State Polytechnic in San Luis Obispo in urban, community and region...

Correction: San Jose’s Vietnamese American population

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:57 GMT

A front-page story on Wednesday about a book on the experiences of refugees from Vietnam incorrectly stated the estimated number of Vietnamese-Americans living in San Jose. It is about 100,000. 

5 nostalgic candies for National Candy Month

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:57 GMT

I smile big when Nicholas Zarate pulls out a pouch of Big League Chew. Images of my 7th-grade classmates passing the stuff around while trading baseball cards behind the school are front and center.“It’s like, a baseball gum,” he tells me.“That came out when I was a kid.”“Yeah, I know this stuff is very old.”“Ouch,” I say, laughing.Zarate is 20. So, you know, perspective.He says it’s a top seller among the truly vast selection of retro candies they’re slinging at Rocket Fizz in Winter Park.Big League Chew hit the market in 1980 (the year I turned 10, for the record) and I’ve always marveled that while candy cigarettes took a lot of heat when smoking became super un-PC, this novelty — clearly marketed to mimic the dip, or “chewing tobacco,” long favored by baseball players before its eventual ban — never seemed to suffer.Smoke ’em if you got ’em. Candy cigarettes at Rocket Fizz. (Amy Drew Thompson/Orlando Sentinel) Rocket Fizz sells several kinds of candy cigarettes, too, by the...

2 tons of illegal fireworks found in Southern California, with 2 arrested

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:57 GMT

 An investigation into the sale of illegal fireworks led Alhambra police to a home in Whittier on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, they said. (Photo courtesy of the Alhambra Police Department)More than two tons of illegal fireworks were seized, police said. (Photo courtesy of the Alhambra Police Department)Two people were arrested. (Photo courtesy of the Alhambra Police Department)Show Caption of ExpandAlhambra police seized more than two tons of illegal fireworks at a Whittier home earlier this week and also took into custody a man and a woman, authorities said on Friday, June 23.The Whittier couple was arrested on suspicion of felony sales of illegal fireworks and child endangerment. There were five children ranging in age from 6 to 13 inside the house, Alhambra police Lt. John Lee said. He believes they are the suspects’ children.Police started the investigation online and found out someone was selling illegal fireworks, he said. Police did not say when the investigation started or ...

Medical exiles: families flee states amid crackdown on transgender care

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:57 GMT

Bram Sable-Smith, Daniel Chang, Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez, Sandy West | KFF Health NewsHal Dempsey wanted to “escape Missouri.” Arlo Dennis is “fleeing Florida.” The Tillison family “can’t stay in Texas.”They are part of a new migration of Americans who are uprooting their lives in response to a raft of legislation across the country restricting health care for transgender people.Missouri, Florida, and Texas are among at least 20 states that have limited components of gender-affirming health care for trans youth. Those three states are also among the states that prevent Medicaid — the public health insurance for people with low incomes — from paying for key aspects of such care for patients of all ages.More than a quarter of trans adults surveyed by KFF and The Washington Post late last year said they had moved to a different neighborhood, city, or state to find more acceptance. Now, new restrictions on health care and the possibility of more in the future provide additional motivatio...

Downtown San Jose hush-hush food hall by Uber founder nears opening

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:57 GMT

SAN JOSE — A downtown San Jose food hall proceeding in a hush-hush mode now sports “coming soon” signs at a time when considerable progress is being made inside the historic building that will host the venture.The signs indicate the stealth real estate project that’s being guided by Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick is edging closer to completion and an opening date.Kalanick, co-founder and former chief executive officer of ride-hailing company Uber, is the CEO of CloudKitchens, a ghost kitchens firm developing the project inside the building, which has addresses that range from 82 through 96 East Santa Clara Street.Chairs, counters and hallways of a food hall located at 82 through 96 East Santa Clara Street near South Third Street in downtown San Jose, seen from the exterior. (George Avalos/Bay Area News Group)In recent days, the front doors of the building on East Santa Clara were open several times, serendipitous events that created opportunities to loo...

Suspect arrested in shooting near Powell Street BART Station identified

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:57 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The suspect arrested in a fatal shooting near the Powell Street BART Station on Thursday night has been identified and charged with murder, according to the San Francisco Police Department.A person was fatally shot near the Powell Street BART station Thursday night, the San Francisco Police Department confirmed. SFPD responded to the area of Powell Street and Market Street at about 8:39 p.m. They arrived to find a male victim with a gunshot wound. Despite life-saving efforts by officers, paramedics, and hospital staff, the victim died at a local hospital. Why does illegal street vending in Mission District seem to go unpunished? SF police union explains A description of an unknown male suspect and unknown female that was with him was sent out by dispatch. Two subjects matching the descriptions were seen by an officer in the area of 8th and Mission Streets.The officer saw them get into a taxicab and leave the area. Officers conducted a traffic stop on the ta...

Cardinals and Cubs balance fun and business ahead of weekend London series

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:57 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Chicago Cubs manager David Ross said players do better “when they’re having fun.”There was plenty of that to go around Friday when the Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals held workouts at London Stadium ahead of a two-game weekend series.Shaking off jet lag, players in batting practice took aim for the outfield seats that spell out “West Ham” in the home of the Premier League club as MLB returns to the British capital in a renewed bid to grow internationally.The 16-foot centerfield wall — with Union Jack and American flags hanging high above — has been pushed back a bit after the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox cranked 10 homers in the first London series four years ago.The laid-back vibe — Formula One drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri of the McLaren team took BP — will be replaced with a more serious tone Saturday as both the Cardinals and Cubs resume their pursuit of the red-hot Cincinnati Reds in the NL Central.The big question is whether fans in the British...

Medvedev beaten in Halle Open quarterfinals after Sinner retires with a muscle injury

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:57 GMT

HALLE, Germany (AP) — Daniil Medvedev lost in the Halle Open quarterfinals and continued his mixed start to the grass-court season, while Jannik Sinner’s preparations for Wimbledon were disrupted when an adductor muscle injury forced him to retire from his match on Friday.Medvedev was upset by Roberto Bautista Agut 7-5, 7-6 (3) for only his second loss in nine quarterfinals this season. The third-ranked Russian dropped to a 2-2 record on grass this season following his first-round loss at the Libema Open last week. Bautista Agut faces another Russian opponent, Andrey Rublev, in the semifinals after Rublev converted his fifth match point against Tallon Griekspoor to win 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 and end a seven-match win streak for Griekspoor, the Libema Open winner.Organizers said Sinner retired from his match against Alexander Bublik after straining his adductor while trying to react to a drop shot from Bublik. Sinner took a medical timeout following the first set and retired after going...

Denny McCarthy sets 36-hole course record at the Travelers Championship

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:57 GMT

CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Denny McCarthy set a new 36-hole course record by following up a first-round 60 with a 65 to extend his lead to four strokes after the morning rounds Friday at the Travelers Championship.The 30-year-old Maryland native started slowly, bogeying the second hole. But that was the only blemish on a round that included six birdies, five of them on the back nine.His two-day score of 125 is a stroke better than the first two rounds Xander Schauffele put up during his run to the title a year ago and Justin Rose’s first 36 holes in 2010, when he finished tied for ninth.“It’s nice, but golf tournaments aren’t 36 holes unfortunately,” McCarthy said. “I know there’s still a lot of golf left and I’m playing some really nice golf, so I’m looking forward to having fun this weekend.”McCarthy is trying to become the 18th player to pick up his first PGA Tour victory in Connecticut since Ken Duke did it in 2013.Eric Cole shot a 65 on Friday to...